self-seeking
Example Sentences
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Self-seeking, regardless of the means by which its object is obtained.
From Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord by Booth, Bramwell
Entangled in a hundred worldly snares, Self-seeking men, by ignorance deluded, Strive by unrighteous means to pile up riches.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
Self-seeking puts all by the ears, as you see children among themselves, if an apple be cast to them.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
And we have learned that 'tis not all to be Self-seeking pleasure-hunters; higher far Are works of kindliness and charity Which we can do, whate'er our frailties are.
From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.
Self-seeking, which we mistake for something else, is at the root of much spiritual failure.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.
